AZ Nancy Guthrie, 84, (mother of TODAY Show host Savannah Guthrie) missing - last seen in the Catalina foothills area on Jan 31, 2026

[Khammer]

Would people generally consider her particularly polarizing or so controversial that this would be the case? I’m not particularly that familiar with her.

I don’t think so. But being a well-known public figure comes with risks, weirdos and creeps is one of those risks. Think of all the relatively benign celebrities who have ended up with a stalker.

This is really extreme, yes, but nothing surprises me anymore. MOO

 

[mickey2942]

Is it possible I wonder if this guy used some kind of off road vehicle. I would think there's all kinds of paths and areas around that desert area that could be traversed.

Now, that makes a lot of sense. Most households in the area have an ATV, it is a popular outdoor activity in the area.

 

[Cassie P]

True. If they find DNA but there's no match in the database, it remains unknown. Let's hope not.

If they have a suspect in mind, I believe they can retrieve any object he has discarded and DNA test it.

 

[PCHS]

I don't think of her as controversial either, but she DID grill DJT years ago in a tense exchange...

I personally don't think she grilled him, he just reacted to being questioned b/c that is his strategy to managing interviews & any perceived poor publicity imo

 

[PCHS]

Looks like Ashleigh Banfield has posted another video continuing to accuse the SIL:

Ashleigh Banfield Doubles Down, Tells Dan Abrams Nancy Guthrie’s Son-in-Law Is STILL a Suspect

Ashleigh Banfield doubled down on her controversial reporting about Nancy Guthrie's son-in-law, Tommaso Cioni, during a new interview with Dan Abrams.

www.yahoo.com

This has to stop imo. It is just awful - instead of finger-pointing I wish they would focus on this case and doing what needs to be done to give better clarity and relieve this poor family of at least 1 part of this nightmare. JMO

 

[jeff2034]

Agree. Showing lack of competence with both FBI and Sheriff department. Could it have been planted later? MOO

I guarantee that if someone is finally arrested for this, the first thing their defense attorney will say - "the crime scene was left unsecured for days - anyone could have gone into that house and planted or otherwise tampered with evidence. How can you trust anything that is found there?"
I sincerely hope LE has not botched this investigation to such a great extent that the true perp or perps will get away with it, similar to another well known case.

 

[dogmom805]

I personally don't think she grilled him, he just reacted to being questioned b/c that is his strategy to managing interviews & any perceived poor publicity imo

Google "SG controversy". Comes up with a list of the 'controversial' interviews, including DJT in 2020. That is, according to AI

 

[EJB123456]

what the FBI is highlighting / questioning in the pics of backpack is 'frontal chest straps' to secure the pack. I had two of these backpacks, when my backpack was too heavy I'd use frontal straps to distribute the weight correctly.

EDIT TO ADD: just realized the longer strap that is highlighted still has the rubber band thats on it when you purchase it... maybe he didn't realize what this was for?

To me that doesn’t even look connected to the backpack. It looks like something adhered to the jacket.

 

[MrsEmmaPeel]

Nanos is an elected official. He's more like a politician than a general.

He's had multiple investigations prior to this case.

1. During his last election, where members of his own political party called for his resignation, and a Pima County board launched an investigation

2. During 2016, the FBI investigated the Pima County Sheriff's Department regarding corruption and the misuse of federal funds. Local outlets reported that Nanos has held a grudge against the Feds over that.

His background prior to this case is important context.

I wonder how different this investigation would be with the old FBI, not today’s politicized version which seems to err on the side of hastiness and grandstanding. JMHO.

 

[MassGuy]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2022153363048292398

 

[SRWCF]

Would people generally consider her particularly polarizing or so controversial that this would be the case? I’m not particularly that familiar with her.

SG was one of the first journalists to interview some of the Epstein survivors in 2019 after his death. Is it related to that? Seems unlikely all these years later.

OR

She is a very cheerful person and seems to have a nice family and a good life overall. Could that be a reason to commit this crime? Jealousy of her "perfect" life, flaunting it on the TV? I don't know... that doesn't seem like a good enough reason for a guy to kidnap her mom.

I remain stumped.

 

[PCHS]

I don’t think so. But being a well-known public figure comes with risks, weirdos and creeps is one of those risks. Think of all the relatively benign celebrities who have ended up with a stalker.

This is really extreme, yes, but nothing surprises me anymore. MOO

I truly always thought of her more as fairly neutral and possibly even more conservative in her personal life. But I also really didn't know anything about her life until now.

 

[NewYork625]

I can't remember what user was familiar with military flight operations/training, but on Monday I believe, when we were tracking the medical helicopter (which turned out to be unrelated..) that user were giving info on what certain planes might be doing in the areas around Tucson: Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map | Flightradar24

I'm asking because right now there is a US Army helicopter (GOON93) circling the mountains north of the Catalina Foothills and it was previously circling on some mountains further north of there (it took off from Pinal Airpark). It doesn't look like there's much up there other than a small ski resort and they weren't circling that but hiking trails and some canyons (and the furthest right circling is around some old mines up in the mountains).

Could be for a missing hiker or training or anything else, but thought it was interesting that it was military and it wasn't taking off from any bases nearby which I think is more common for training ?

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It looks like this area that they were circling over.

 

[Slamalam]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2022153363048292398

why would they not share!?!?

 

[MrsEmmaPeel]

not with the advancement of genetic genealogy. if they do get/have dna i feel good enough about their ability to find a suspect that way.

Genetic genealogy is a very slow process. Can take months. Or longer.

 

[stmichael]

Yes there seems to be issues with him and local LE- ITA. The FBI is also having publicized issues and recent controversies regarding issues with prioritized investigations and their Director's competency has been questioned. Imo both teams are making mistakes and behaving poorly, from what I can see here, and that is compounding things further.

I think you are understating it greaty.

Nanos was investigated by the very agency he is currently working with, the FBI in 2016 for corruption (and not the current director). That could have ended his career. He likely hates their guts. He's also a political person, not a soldier or beat cop (he came up in corrections btw) who has demonstrated past vindictiveness in his last election by putting his political rival, another cop on administrative duty, to the point where his own party called for his resignation and a county board launched an investigation. He is a highly flawed politician that has a track record of vindictiveness and a beef with the feds.

That's a very important context that you need to sink in, considering this mutli-agency dynamic and the motivations of the politcal person that's front and center in this case. And btw I do not share your apparent views about the FBI at all, I think you'd find the country divided on that but that's for another discussion and really not pertinent to the Nanos dynamic at all.

 

[stmichael]

why would they not share!?!?

Nanos was investigated by the FBI for corruption and federal fund fraud in 2016. He apparently has a grudge w. the FBI according to local reporters.

 

[milkshakedonkey]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2022153363048292398

Apparently BE isn’t “buying” the sheriff’s version.

 

[MassGuy]

why would they not share!?!?

Maybe couldn’t corroborate it.

Or he’s scared of rocking the boat.

 

[New Penny]

Is it possible I wonder if this guy used some kind of off road vehicle. I would think there's all kinds of paths and areas around that desert area that could be traversed.

IMO in a quiet neighborhood like Nancy’s that would be the last thing you would use to be stealthy.